O2

I have used O2 as my phone network provider for over eight years now (dating right back from when they were initially BT Cellnet!). My loyalty to O2 is strong as a result of having had such a positive experience with them for so many years. Therefore, I feel that it is time that I shared my experiences with all of you! When I was thirteen I received my first ever mobile phone for Christmas. It was a BT Cellnet model and therefore the simcard was ...
...name of the company to O2 when they merged with Genie. ===Pay as you go=== Being young, I initially had pay as you go simcards with O2 and found them to offer some better deals than other networks at the time. I obtained an O2 Genie Sim, which as long as I topped up at least £10 per month gave me 300 free text messages. There were various other offers by O2 and at one time I had free phone calls to a chosen landline number which was great. In more ...

ilusvm 07.11.2008 · Read full review
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...people who don't like the O2 network, making claims that they are unreliable and over charge but to be honest I couldn't ask for more. Let me tell you why I chose O2 as my network and why I will be a customer for life. ••A Bit About O2•• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ O2 was brought to us, the consumer, by the merging of two networks called, BT Cellnet & Genie. After merging these two companies together they created the now ever popular network ...
...& Reliability•• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So O2 claim to have network coverage of 99% of the United Kingdom, they also claim that no other network provider covers any more than this, so this is definitely a huge selling benefit for O2. I have been in the depths of hilly Scotland and not suffered from any problems with coverage on my phone. The signal strength albeit does weaken when in very remote areas, but from having experienced this issue ...

grown_up_girlie 20.10.2005 · Read full review
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O2 is a UK mobile telephone operator, which is part of Telefónica Europe. I have recently rejoined O2, as most of my friends are on the network, and I would therefore benefit more. == How to join O2 == Joining O2 is really easy. You can either become a Pay Monthly, or Pay as you go customer. You can ordered a sim card, from their website, should you wish to go pay as you go, using your existing mobile. Full details of current Pay Monthly plans, ...
...I have always found the O2 network coverage to be fantastic. I have never experienced a lack of signal, in the area that I live. Therefore, the O2 service, in my opinion is very reliable, as I always have an active signal, that is able to allow me to make calls and texts == Pay As You Go == When you order a sim card online, you are sent a sim card pack out via the post. When it arrives, you are presented with an envelope, which contains : * Use ...

RyanC92 12.07.2008 · Read full review
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...This review is about O2 and the service that they offer. I will aim to give an honest account of my dealings with them including the good and the bad points. I am a Financial Director for a local company and needed to get some new mobile phones for various members of the team. The network we were on did not always get coverage in the rural area that we work so I shopped around. O2 are doing a business deal where you are given a free Nokia phone ...
...(more 25p a minute etc) O2 admit they have made a mistake and send our phones out to us. No apology, no reason, no explanation. In total we now have 7 phones with them. Last month I checked the bill when it was sent through to us (our 4th bill that is all) and found that on every phone the calls made were less than the free 100 minute allocation yet we were billed for approximately half of all calls made. I emailed the help icon on the web site ...

couscous 06.06.2004 (11.06.2004) · Read full review
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...but decided to get an O2 Pay as you talk Sim card since my better half has (actually "had") an O2 contract phone. Now, since then we have both had nothing but problems with them (yes, its a "rant-view"). However, to be unbiased, let me tell you about the good points and the advantages to O2 first. The Deal ------------------- O2 offer good value for money. When I picked up my Pay as You Talk Sim, the deal was that so long as I topped up £10 a ...
...5p a min to other O2 mobiles. My other half had a fantastic contract deal as well - 500 minutes and zillions of texts for around £25 a month. She also got a fantastic deal on her phone - a (at the time) state of the art Nokia 7210, with camera attachment, for free. I had paid £149 weeks previously on Voda, so I must say I was pretty gutted. There is a very wide range of tariffs available, both on contract and Pay as you talk, and a very good range ...

rickyshah 29.12.2004 · Read full review
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...a 12 month contract with O2 in December and as much as I loved my dear little Nokia 3330 (gone but not forgotten), I knew the time and technology had come when I had to move with the times and upgrade. As there are so many different deals on the market these days, I thought it wise to fully check all the alternative mobile networks to ensure I got the best possible deal. I think I managed to, although they change so often its hard to tell! In the ...
...- O2.co.uk O2 have a very thorough and fairly easy to navigate website. You can register with them and log on, enabling you to personalise. It has lots of features including Products and services section where you can find details of all handsets with details of their features, tariffs section, giving prices and deals. There is a shop section where you can buy ringtones, wallpapers, games etc. There is a section telling you about network coverage, ...

JULIEANNE27UK 16.01.2004 · Read full review
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...reasons why - O2 offer reasonable tariffs, and have lots of offers. You can take advantage of every offer which does not cancel out any of the previous offers you already have on your account. The offers they have and the information on how to get them a printed further on in this review. O2's signal have always been very good where ever I have been, I have even used it in Spain without a problem. But obviously there are some place's that other ...
...go network with O2- O2 rewards - This scheme gives you 10% back on all your top-ups every month. It's a kind of loyalty reward for how much you spend on your phone. For example, if you were too spend £30.00 a month on your top-ups, within three months from when you took up the offer you will receive £9.00 credit which is automatically put onto your remaining credit. Since I accepted this offer, the reward has always been there on time, and has ...

dempsey_review 26.10.2005 · Read full review
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I have been with o2 for around 5 years now, I was previously with Orange Pay as You go, I wanted to stay on a Pay as You Go mobile so I decided to get an O2 Genie Sim, at least then I would get 300 free texts a month!!! ~~~~~ Genie Sim~~~~~~ This is a Sim card which is exactly the same as a basic Pay as You Go Sim, only providing you top up at least £10, you will receive 300 free text messages a month!! Therefore if you first ever top your phone ...
...do minutes. ~~~~~o2 Rewards~~~~~ O2 are excellent at rewarding customers for their loyalty. A scheme they have had running for about a year and a half now, is that every 3 months you receive 10% back from all your top ups. Sometimes I top up around 50 pound a month, so at the end of the 3 months I end up with £15 free credit. This loyalty scheme fits in perfectly with o2 and the way they do things, I have always found their customer serve to ...

amyloop 24.04.2007 · Read full review
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I connected to O2 in May last year, induced by the online offer of 500 free texts a month. As a self-confessed text-a-holic that was music to my ears, so I chose a £25 per month tariff and a free Sony Ericsson T300 from your website. The tariff is only available online (www.o2.co.uk) and ‘aint a bad deal all round. It includes 500 free off peak minutes to any network, 500 free texts (up to 125 of which can even be media messages), 500 free wap minutes ...
...& 2p off peak to o2 & landlines, 45p peak & 30p off peak cross net, 10p for text messages & 35p for media messages. One downside for me was that you don’t get a paper bill, these are available online for you to view and print out, which is fine when the system is up and running. The real catch, however, comes with the customer service helpline – 50p per minute for online customers and this service could not be worse. Within a month of signing up ...

richardsonjones 07.04.2004 · Read full review
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...we saw an advert for O2 online so we went on the web to check it out. On offer were various package deals and lots with free phones. We decided to go for their pay monthly Online 50 which provided 50 free cross network/landline minutes, 500 free text messages and 60 media minutes per month for £20. Calls over the limit are 15p/5p per min. peak/off peak, to 02 Mobiles/fixed lines and 45p/30p per min to Non-02 Mobiles. The phone we chose was the Samsung ...
...and the service provided by O2 online. At point of purchase you are given, or you choose, an online username and password and you log on to their site in order to check your bill etc. The £20 or more is deducted by direct debit from your bank account each month and its all no fuss and no nonsense. If you have any problems you can email them and they do get back to you very quickly or you can phone them but it is a premium line of 50p per minute. ...

Tashana 06.04.2003 (13.12.2003) · Read full review
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...expensive. ** Joining O2 ** Fourtunately after seeing a few ads, I realised that there were some really good SIM card only pay monthly deals going round. I was perfectly happy with my phone - a Sony Ericsson Z710i, a very uncommon, nice looking flip-phone with all the features I wanted. I originally bought it for O2 but got it unlocked (Naughty I know!). After hunting around, I found one that seemed perfect. The O2 'SIMplicity' deal really caught ...
...range from unlimited texts, free O2 to O2 calls, but the one that really appealed to me was the Unlimited Web. Finally I could make use of the RSS reader, Email and Internet without a charge! Also, the contract is a 'rolling' 30 days one- so you can cancel with just 30 days notice. I visited the O2 shop near me one Saturday afternoon to sign up. It was extremely busy and it seemed like hours until I was served! Finally I saw a friendly member of ...

Graham_D 14.10.2008 · Read full review
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...BT Cellnet and formed the O2 network. O2’s main benefit for me is online management of my mobile account, however if you preferred to receive something in writing then statements can also be received through the post. The merge, at first, did not seem to affect me. I was still using the contract that that I had with Genie, which was an unlimited amount of free text messages in a month and 60 minutes of off peak minutes to any Genie mobile or BT ...
...minutes free off peak minutes. O2 did not send anything in writing which was quite surprising. My old internet account on Genie Mobile was also cancelled, and I had to spend time recreating a new login name and password. This I thought would not be a problem, but then when everything was changed over my new login would not work! In order to fix this I then had to phone up the O2 helpline number which costs 50p a minute! O2 have different helpline ...

gwarwick 13.05.2003 · Read full review
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...If you haven't hear of O2 then I have no idea where you could have been but basically this is the score. Mobile phones need to be connected with a provider (just as your landline may be connected to BT) these providers whether pay as you go or contract allow you to make the calls. They then charge you for being so kind as to choose them over other companies! The shops: Walk into an O2 shop and they look like many other phone shops, glossy signs, ...
...The only difference with an O2 shop, they only sell O2. Maybe that is stating the obvious, but if you are looking for unbiased advice and to compare different providers, then these aren't the shops for you. However they usually know all the current offers on and have an in-depth knowledge of what O2 has to offer. Pay as you Go: Well pay as you go does what it says, you pay for what you use nothing more, nothing yes. Simple, yes, service good. However ...

heatheruk 31.07.2003 · Read full review
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My experiences with O2 have been very mixed. I think I must have experienced worst customer service, but also some of the best during my time with them. First of all, I do feel that O2 offer the best tarrifs and prices out of all of the network providers, and in my experience they also provide the best signal and network coverage - or at least in my area. The one thing I will say in regards to this however, is that their 3G coverage seems to be ...
...saw my bill, and contacted O2 immediately (once again, on a Saturday night). I shall admit that I had called them around 10 minutes before they were due to close, however I fel the matter was quite urgent. To my disgust the level of service I received was awful. The lady I was speaking to was obviously in a rush to get out that night. Constant "sighing" and "tutting" - along with her colleagues in the background saying "Hurry up, we need to get there, ...

s32bauer 04.12.2007 · Read full review
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...match it. Unfortunately due to O2 being a new company they said they could not, in fact the customer services representative I spoke to went as far to say that she too would like 500 texts a month for £20! So, alas I left Orange and joined O2. Advantages of O2… Wide choice of phones – You can get a wide choice of phones online including Samsung, Ericsson, Handspring, Motorola and Nokia. They offer the latest models and some older and more trusted ...
...tariffs (information taken from the O2 website, this is for online tariffs and may not be the same as in shops!) – Buying a pay-as-you-go phone online is a great idea. You get free 300 text messages a month, although you must make sure you buy a £10 top up each month to have this service. Still very reasonable! There’s various contract options as well. Prices range from £20.00 per month to £30.00 (This is based on personal use tariffs and not business ...

Miss_BooBookitty 04.01.2003 · Read full review
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